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How a former member of the Afghan parliament fled Afghanistan with her life in the balance.

Rev. Jesse Jackson was arrested Monday with other activists protesting for “voting rights” on Capitol Hill. A photo of Jackson, with a mask under his nose, was first posted on Twitter by Sam Ford of ABC 7: Rev Jesse Jackson has been arrested protesting for voting rights on Capitol Hill pic.twitter.com/XB3tLvBOPy The protest, organized by DC Poor People’s Campaign, under “A National Call for Moral Revival,” made four demands during their “Moral Monday”: End the filibuster Fully restore the 1965 Voting Rights Act Raise the federal minimum wage to $15/hr ABC 7 reports hundreds of...

Here are five of the best parades being held or livestreamed on Memorial Day this year as the pandemic eases restrictions on large gathers for those that are vaccinated.

Street closures, parking restrictions in place ahead of President Biden’s address to Congress By FOX 5 Digital Team Published  The president is set to address Congress at 9 p.m. inside the House chamber. The U.S. Secret Service, United States Capitol Police, along with other law enforcement including the D.C. Police Department and U.S. Park Police will coordination the event’s security. Street closures, parking restrictions in place ahead of President Biden’s address to Congress President Joe Biden will give his first presidential address to Congress Wednesday and wit...

U.S. Capitol Police via AP Originally published on April 3, 2021 12:10 pm Updated April 3, 2021 at 11:53 AM ET One U.S. Capitol Police officer is dead and another is hospitalized with injuries after an apparent attack Friday at a Capitol checkpoint in which a man rammed his car into officers and lunged at them with a knife, police said. Capitol Police identified the slain officer as William "Billy" Evans, an 18-year veteran of the force. Evans began his service on March 7, 2003, acting Capitol Police Chief Yogananda Pittman said in a statement, and he was a member of the Capitol Divisio...